May 5, 2020
As agriculture increasingly relies on technology, concerns about security vulnerabilities
Logic
In this long form article in Logic Magazine, Tech Policy Lab student Rian Wanstreet describes how agricultural production is increasingly relying on sensors and internet-connected devices that are rife with security vulnerabilities. Attacking Agriculture, Logic Magazine, May 4, 2020
ArticleApril 29, 2020
Co-Director Calo on the Perils of Contact-Tracing Apps
Brookings
“We worry that contact-tracing apps will serve as vehicles for abuse and disinformation, while providing a false sense of security to justify reopening local and national economies well before it is safe to do so.”
ArticleApril 14, 2020
‘I saw you were online’: How online status indicators shape our behavior
UW News
Co-Director Yoshi Kohno, student Lucy Simko, alumna Camille Cobb, and Assistant Professor Alexis Hiniker look at how online status indicators shape user behavior.
ArticleJanuary 27, 2020
Co-Director Friedman Receives Honorary Doctorate
UW News
Tech Policy Lab Co-Director Batya Friedman receives honorary doctorate from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.
ArticleOctober 29, 2019
New DNA Security Research Looks at Privacy and Security Risks in Genetic Genealogy
UW News
Popular third-party genetic genealogy site is vulnerable to compromised data, impersonations
ArticleAugust 21, 2019
Co-Director Ryan Calo on Adversarial Machine Learning and the Law
OneZero by Medium
"Using adversarial machine learning, researchers can trick machines — potentially with fatal consequences. But the legal system hasn’t caught up."
ArticleMarch 22, 2019
Lab Co-Director Ryan Calo Discusses Data and Privacy
Geekwire and KUOW
Lab Co-Director Ryan Calo discusses data and privacy on a panel hosted by KUOW and Geekwire with Marketplace Tech's Molly Wood.
ArticleFebruary 13, 2019
Co-Director Batya Friedman inducted into the CHI Academy
UW iSchool
"Three University of Washington professors, including two from the Information School, have been inducted into the CHI Academy – recognized as the highest honor in the field of human-computer interaction."
ArticleOctober 3, 2018
Lab Team Pens Op-Ed on Regulating Bot Speech
BuzzFeed News
Co-Director Ryan Calo and Fellow Madeline Lamo discuss bot disclosure laws in an op-ed published by BuzzFeed News.
ArticleJuly 16, 2015
How Information Asymmetry Helped Find Abducted Kids
Washington Post
Lab Co-Director Ryan Calo is featured in a Washington Post article describing how police used Spotify and other streaming services to located abducted kids in Mexico.
Article